Rajnish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58667 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-684 Year-2024 Thana- RAHUI District- Nalanda ====================================================== Rajnish Kumar S/o Ranjit @ Ranjeet Tanti @ Ranjit Tanti R/o vill - Khaje Etwar Sarai, sohsarai, P.s.- Sohsarai, Distt.- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Sabina Khatoon W/o Munna Miyan R/o vill - Khaje Etwar Sarai, Sohsarai, P.S.- Sohsarai, Distt.- Nalanda ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Aryan Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Asha Devi ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-09-2025 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2) and 96 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that her minor daughter aged about 15 years was kidnapped by the petitioner. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner next submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that the petitioner and the victim were in love and they eloped. It is next submitted that informant deliberately in the FIR has alleged that her daughter is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58667 of 2025(2) dt.08-09-2025 2/2 minor aged about 15 years, when the victim is a major, as per date of birth certificate issued by the Department of Planning and Development wherein her date of birth is recorded as 14-52006 (Annexure-P/4). It is further submitted that the statement of the victim was recorded before the police, wherein she has not supported the case of the prosecution rather has stated that she married the petitioner in a temple.

5.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Rahui P.S. Case No. 684 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T